From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 12 17:57:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA08346 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 17:57:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA08314 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 17:57:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA04473; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:19:57 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801130149.MAA04473@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Michael Hancock cc: Mike Smith , Tim Tsai , David Kelly , FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: GPS for xntpd Stratum 1 servers In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jan 1998 10:50:07 +0900." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:19:57 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Speaking of phone lines; what would it cost you to get a phone line > > connected to the roof? One would expect that the building is prewired > > for telephony... > > In that case it wouldn't have to be in the same building. I don't know > much about where to go about looking for weatherized computers, but I'll > keep this option in mind if the need ever crops up and it's worth > pursuing. You mentioned using the weatherproof GPS module from TAPR; stick an ABS box with the power supply and a modem under the GPS and whack it on the roof. No need for weatherproof computer hardware at all. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\